- Weldon Canyon
Weldon Canyon is the name of two
canyon s inCalifornia .Los Angeles County
In
Los Angeles County, California ,United States , Weldon is a canyon through which Interstate 5 passes. The Old Road, now paralleled by I-5, opened onMay 28 ,1930 through the canyon as a bypass of the 1910Newhall Tunnel . This original road through the canyon was 20 feet (6 m) wide and made ofconcrete . The canyon is named afterArthur Weldon , who helped build theSouthern Pacific Railroad 's nearbySan Fernando Tunnel .Harrison Irving Scott, Ridge Route: The Road That United California, pp. 60-61, third printing, 2003, ISBN 0-615-12000-8]olano County
In
Solano County, California , Weldon is the name sometimes given to a canyon west ofVacaville, California [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.411668,-122.050381&t=p] . Weldon canyon is mentioned in the diaries ofWillis Linn Jepson . This canyon is now more commonly calledMix Canyon . Mix Canyon Road runs through it.References
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